Mark Heaney
Mark Andrew Heaney is an English drummer and composer, hailing from London.
He has worked with The Seahorses, The Shining and Gang of Four.
Heaney's interest in drumming began at the age of 5 when his father bought him his first drum kit and at the age of 10 he started working all over the UK as the feature drummer in his father's band.
Heaney has recorded/toured the world extensively including tours of China, Japan, North America, Canada, South America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand with artists and Producers such as Mark Howard , John Squire, Simon Tong, Simon Jones and Nick McCabe, The Freelance Hellraiser; The Klaxons, Badly Drawn Boy; Shit Disco; Howie Day, Gail Ann Dorsey, Threshold, Youth, Garret Lee, David Botrill, Andy Gill and many others.
Heaney also composes music for use in Film and TV worldwide, having created soundscapes utilising samples and sounds from all genres of music coupled with his own drumming.
He has created bespoke works for many Music Production houses including De Wolfe, EMI, Sony, Microsoft and Wrong Planet music.
Heaney has released 5 albums as a solo drumming artist. In 2017 his album Fortunes was in the 14 best drum albums as voted by the readers of Rhythm magazine.
In 2018 Heaney released a new studio album called and in April 2019 he followed it up with Drumscapes Vol 2. The albums featured his live drums against an intricate backdrop of soundscapes fusing music from Jazz, Trip Hop, Drum and Bass and Electronica. Vol 1 was nominated for Drum Album of 2018 by Rhythm magazine. When performing his solo work live, he uses an MPD32 and Ableton Live which enables manipulation of the audio in the moment allowing for improvisation within the framework of the tracks.
